Listed Buildings

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many  (a) Grade I,  (b) Grade II and  (c) Grade III listed buildings are located in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England.

Margaret Hodge: According to English Heritage, the number of listings in each grade in England, Lancashire and Ribble Valley is as follows:
	
		
			  Grade  England  Lancashire  Ribble Valley 
			 I 9,152 71 20 
			 II(1) 21,145 270 51 
			 II 342,217 5,094 890 
			 Total 372,514 5,435 961 
			 (1) Grade II are particularly important buildings of more than special interest 
		
	
	Information is held on the number of listings, rather than the number of buildings, as a listing may include groups of buildings. Information is not held on Grade III listed buildings as the classification was rendered obsolete in 1970. To clarify, the grades are defined as follows:
	Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest;
	Grade II are particularly important buildings of more than special interest;
	Grade II are of special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them.